| Vital Statistics |
| General Vital Statistics |
| Population (million), 2001 (adjusted) |
130.03 |
| 2006 (projected) |
138.8 |
| Population Growth Rate (%), 2003 |
1.43 |
| Male - Female Ratio, 2002 |
105.4 |
| Population Density/sq. km, 2006 (projected) |
941 |
| Basic Vital Statistics |
| Crude Birth Rate (per 1000 Population), 2003 |
20.09 |
| Crude Death Rate (per 1000 Population), 2002 |
5.1 |
Infant Mortality Rate (per Thousand Live Birth),
(Below 1 Year of Age), 2002 |
53.27 |
| Total Fertility Rate per Woman, 2003 |
2.57 |
| Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (%), 2004 |
58.1 |
| Life Expectancy, 2002 |
64.9 |
| Life Expectancy, 2002, Male |
64.5 |
| Life Expectancy, 2002, Female |
64.4 |
| Mean Age of First Marriage, 2002 |
-- |
| Male |
25.6 |
| Female |
20.6 |
| Health & Social Services |
| Persons per Hospital Bed (Including Dispensary), 2003 |
4109 |
| Persons per Registered Physician, 2005 |
3088 |
| Safe Drinking Water User (%), 2004 |
96.3 |
| Sanitary Latrine User (%), 2004 |
52.6 |
| Literacy Rate (%), 2002 |
62.66 |
| Rate of Poverty, based on Poverty Monitoring Survey (PMS), 2004 |
| Based on Food Energy Intake (FEI) Method |
| National |
42.1 |
| Rural |
43.3 |
| Urban |
37.9 |
| Based on Direct Calorie Intake (DCI) Method |
| National |
40.9 |
| Rural |
40.1 |
| Urban |
43.6 |
| Labor Force and Employment, Labor Force Survey, 2002-03 |
| Number of Civillian Labor Force (In Million) |
44.3 |
| Male |
34.5 |
| Female |
9.8 |
| Percentage of Labor Force |
| Agriculture Labor |
51.69 |
| Industrial Labor |
13.56 |
| Service Industry Labor |
34.75 |
| Transportation (km), June 2005 |
| National Highway |
3570 |
| Regional Highway |
4323 |
| Feeder/Zilla Road, Type - A |
13678 |
| Railway |
2733.51 |
